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Avengers 2 Villain & Title Revealed – Who will the heroes be up against?

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avengers-2-logoAfter the announcement that Batman and Superman will team up on screen in 2015, Marvel had a big act to follow. They did so with a big presentation, which included the reveal on the logo, title and villain for The Avengers 2.

The movie will be called Avengers: Age Of Ultron, which automatically lets us know who – or what – they’ll be up against. Ultron is an evil artificial intelligence, which was a long and complex history in Marvel comics. That makes it difficult to tell exactly how it will be used in the movie.

In the comics Ultron was originally created by the first Ant-Man, Hugh Pym. The sentient robot, encased in an adamantium shell, is dedicating to eradicating the human race once and for all. The robot’s violent tendencies are said to spring from both Pym’s intellect and mental instability.

There is of course an Ant-Man movie in the works, directed by Edgar Wright, but that won’t arrive in cinemas until after Avengers: Age Of Ultron. As Whedon has said Ant-Man has had to be re-written to take into account the events of Avengers 2, the two movie could still be strongly tied together though – it certainly suggests we’ll first meet Ant-Man in Avengers 2 rather than his own movie.

You can also take a look at a vid below of Tom Hiddleston at the Marvel panel, addressing the audience in character as Loki.

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Take A Look At The Entire X-Men: Days Of Future Past Cast Together At Comic-Con

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X-Men-days-of-future-past-cast-photoFor the X-Men panel at Comic-Con, Fox decided the best thing to do was bring the entire main cast of the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past together, which led to the image above, tweeted by director Bryan Singer.

There was also footage and info about the movie, including confirmation that it’s Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine who’ll be the one travelling from a bleak, dystopian future where mutants have been rounded up and are monitored by the robotic sentinels. An older Xavier and Magneto (Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen), send him back to the 1970s to convince their younger selves (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) they must do something to prevent this future from ever happening.

The movie hits cinemas summer 2014.

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Superman & Batman Team-up Movie Officially Announced

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batman-superman-comic-con-logoWith DC stepping up its game on the big screen, Comic-Con has become an increasing battle between DC and Marvel in trying to wow attendees. DC was first out of the gate, announcing that after years of speculation and hope from fans, Batman and Superman will finally team-up on-screen in 2015.

The film will be a follow-up to Man Of Steel, although DC is keeping the actual title close to its chest. Henry Cavill will be back as Clark Kent, although there’s no word on who will be donning the bat suit. (The image above is the logo presented on stage at Comic-Con).

Man Of Steel helmer Zack Snyder is set to direct. He is also co-writing the story with David S. Goyer, who will then pen the screenplay. Production is expected to begin in 2014, with an anticipated release date in Summer 2015.

Greg Silverman, the President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production at DC commented, “Zack Snyder is an incredibly talented filmmaker, but beyond that, he’s a fan first and he utterly gets this genre. We could not think of anyone better suited to the task of bringing these iconic Super Heroes to the screen in his own way.”

It’s believed that the storyline will be inspired by Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight returns, underlined at the Comic-Con presentation when actor Harry Lennix read a line from the graphic novel – “I want you to remember, Clark, in all the years to come, in all your most private moments, I want you to remember your hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you.”

However Snyder clarified, “We’re not adapting this thing [Dark Knight Returns], but it is the thing that will help us tell that story.” It does suggest however that Batman and Superman will at least initially be in some kind of conflict, although we’d be willing to bet they eventually team up.

Laurence Fishburne, Amy Adams, and Diane Lane are all expected to return for the film.

Earlier rumours (via THR) had suggested DC would also announce Justice League for 2016 and a Flash standalone movie for 2017, however it appears this didn’t actually happen at the panel (that’s not to say it won’t happen in real life though).

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Intriguing Gay-Themed Short Film Cold Call Seeks Funding

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More and more gay-themed films are looking to the potential audience to put up the money to actually make the movie. The latest of those is Cold Call, which recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the $40,000 they’re looking for to make the short film a reality.

The film is based on a short story written by Indian-American author Rahul Mehta that was published in the New York Times in the fall of 2011 (you can read it here). It’s certainly got an intriguing premise.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Naveen is in his first year at an American College. As a son of Indian immigrants, he struggles with the Indian values that were instilled in him by his parents and the western culture he was born and raised in.

‘Furthermore, Naveen is gay and his strict Indian parents have no inkling of it. He’s finally out of the house, emancipated from his parents rule and in college where he can fully explore his own ideas and his sexuality…But not in that order. He’s about to get a phone call with an offer, he can’t refuse!’

That call is from a complete stranger who promises an illicit encounter, which until that point had only dwelled in Naveen’s fantasies. Filled with curiosity Naveen agrees to meet the caller and they arrange a clandestine meeting in the school library.

Director Sohnia Can Der Puye states, “Upon reading this short story, I immediately wanted to adapt it into a short film. I could see the story unfold visually. This story has so many elements and dynamics that I believe will resonate with a diverse audience. Most importantly this film highlights the complexities of the gay children of immigrants who grow up in progressive western countries but are imprisoned by their parents deep-rooted cultural beliefs.”

The hope is that if they can raise the funds needed, the short will shoot later this year and be completed by early 2014.

You can find out more over at Kickstarter (and of course there are plenty of incentives offered if you do want to pledge money), or at the film’s official website.

And here’s the first page of the script…

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Riddick Extended Red Band Trailer – Vin Diesel isn’t shying away from the violence

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Vin Diesel and director David Twohy have never given up on Riddick, despite the fact the big budget Chronicles Of Riddick failed at the box office. Now they’re back with a film that’s promised to be closer to the tone of Pitch Black. At the film’s Comic-Con panel, an extended red band trailer was revealed, which has now popped up online.

Here’s the plot synopsis: ‘In the film, the infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

‘The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.’

It should hit cinemas this autumn. [Read more…]

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Kick-Ass 2 Extended Red-Band Trailer – Aaron Taylor Johnson & Chloe Moretz are back

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I think it’s safe to say that they haven’t decided to sanitise Kick-Ass 2 to get a lower rating, as this new extended red-band trailer – released to coincide with the film’s appearance at Comic-Con – is certainly keen to show that the language and violence is very much intact. And it’s also looking a whole lot of fun.

It also gives us out best look yet at Jim Carrey’s Colonel Stars & Stripes, as well as Christoph Mintz-Plasse’s return as the rather S&M The Motherf**ka.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2.  After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol.  When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation.

‘When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave.  With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy.  Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own.  With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.

‘Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets,  the world’s first super villain, The Mother F%&*^r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad.  But there’s only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.’

Kick-Ass 2 hits cinemas in August. [Read more…]

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George A. Romero’s Zombie Classic Dawn Of The Dead Is Going 3D

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A week ago it was revealed that another remake of Day Of The Day was in the works, which is the result of the fact that Romero’s movies are all owned by different people and at least for the original trilogy, he has no control over what is done with them (which is especially true for Night Of The Living Dead, as a legal issue means it’s now in the public domain).

So not only are we getting another Day Of The Dead, but at Comic-Con producer Richard P. Rubinstein has revealed that he’s in the final stages of converting director Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead into 3D. Rubinstein says that 91 minutes of the 126-minute movie converted already.

The producer says, “It is proving to be more 3D friendly than many films, because George’s style was to compose within the frame, rather than across frames. That means there is a lot of action within each frame, from front to back and it makes the conversion process more friendly. It’s like you’re moving the audience closer to the movie. What I didn’t want to do is not edit anything George did in his original movie, and nothing has been altered in this process.”

The conversion process has been in the works since 2007, but the producer revealed he isn’t sure what he plans on doing with the 3D film once it is finished sometime this autumn. That’s despite the fact they’ve already spent $6 million on it, nearly 10 times the film original $685,000 budget.

We’d imagine many Romero fans will be livid at the news that once more someone if playing with one of the films (although we wouldn’t be surprised if they take a look if it ever gets to cinemas).

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X-Men: Days Of Future Past Character Portraits & Logo Emerge

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With X-Men: Days Of Future Past mixing up mutants from the original trilogy with their First Class counterparts, there’s a lot of interest in the film. Now some character portraits have emerged (apparently first on the X-Men Tumblr, although they now seem to have been removed, and then on ComingSoon).

They show us Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman and Daniel Cudmore back in the X-Men fold, along with out first look at Omar Sy as Bishop, and First Class’ Nicholas Hoult and Lucas Till.

The film’s Comic-Con panel takes place on Saturday, so hopefully there’ll be more news from that. Click on the pics below for larger versions. It’s out in cinemas May 2014.

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Shailene Woodley, Theo James & Kate Winslet Shine In New Divergent Images

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One of the many movies vying for attention at Comic-Con is Divergent, and to try and get a bit of interest, they’ve now released seven new images from the film, which will be hoping to intrigue the young adult audience when it’s released next March.

Neil Burger is directing the adaptation of Veronica Roth’s best-selling novel, which takes place in a dystopian future made up of five factions that are based on different personality types. As they come of age, everyone must join the faction they fit into, but certain people are ‘divergents’, showing traits from more than one group. Tris (Shailene Woodley) uncovers that these people are seen as dangerous and the government wants to get rid of them.

The likes of Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ashley Judd and Maggie Q co-star. Click on the pics below for larger versions.

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Tom Sturridge Joins Carey Mulligan In Far From The Madding Crowd

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tom-sturridgeFesten director Thomas Vinterberg has been planning a new version of Far From The Madding Crowd for quite a while now. He’s already lined up Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts to star, and now Deadline reports they’ve been joined by Tom Sturridge (On the Road, The Boat that Rocked), who’s currently hot after a Tony-nominated run on Broadway in Orphans.

David Nicholls is writing the screenplay which is about headstrong farmer’s daughter Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan), and her tumultuous love life, who must choose between three very different suitors, which involves a shepherd she initially dismisses, a dashing but duplicitous soldier, and a farm owner.

Athough Deadline say exactly which of those suitors Sturridge will play, we’re betting he’ll be the seemingly exciting Sergeant Frank Troy, who isn’t all he promises to be.

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